Georgia § 46-3-501 - Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates.
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§ 46-3-501. Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates.
The Secretary of State shall charge and collect for: (1) Filing articles of incorporation and issuing a certificate of incorporation ........................................................$ 15.00 (2) Filing articles of amendment and issuing a certificate of amendment ..............................................................15.00 (3) Filing restated articles of incorporation and issuing a certificate of restated articles .......................................15.00 (4) Filing articles of merger or consolidation and issuing a certificate of merger or consolidation .................................20.00 (5) Filing an application to reserve a corporate name generally .3.00 (6) Filing an application to reserve a corporate name for a period of five years pursuant to subsection (c) of Code Section 46-3-221 .........30.00 (7) Filing a notice of transfer of a reserved corporate name ....3.00 (8) Filing a statement of change of address of registered office or change of registered agent, or both .....................................3.00 (9) Filing a statement of intent to dissolve ....................1.00 (10) Filing a statement of revocation of voluntary dissolution proceedings .............................................................1.00 (11) Filing articles of dissolution .............................1.00 (12) Filing an application of a foreign electric cooperative for certificate of authority to transact business in this state and issuing a certificate of authority ..............................................100.00 (13) Filing an application of a foreign electric cooperative for an amended certificate of authority to transact business in this state and issuing an amended certificate of authority ............................20.00 (14) Filing a copy of an amendment to the articles of incorporation of a foreign electric cooperative holding a certificate of authority to transact business in this state ........................................10.00 (15) Filing a copy of articles of merger of a foreign electric cooperative holding a certificate of authority to transact business in this state ..................................................................20.00 (16) Filing an application for withdrawal of a foreign electric cooperative and issuing a certificate of withdrawal ....................10.00 (17) Filing any other statement or report, except an annual report, of an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative ...3.00 (18) Filing the annual report of an electric membership corporation or foreign electric cooperative .........................................5.00 (Code 1933, § 34C-1402, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)
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